The latest local news, weather and high school sports in and around Columbia and Jefferson City

Thursday, May 16, 2013  At least 6 dead, dozens left homeless as tornadoes leave trail of destruction in North Texas

Sunday, April 21, 2013 

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Residents of Texas town ready to start recovery from plant blast as soon as authorities allow

Friday, April 19, 2013  Mid Missouri emergency responders rescued two stranded turkey hunters, one wheelchair bound, Thursday from rising flood waters in Texas County.

Friday, April 19, 2013  A 46-year-old convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two southeast Missouri girls has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Police: Between 5 and 15 people killed in Texas fertilizer plant explosion; more than 160 hurt

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Plant was cited for failing to obtain or to qualify for a permit in 2006

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  14 hurt in bloody Texas community college stabbing, 1 suspect arrested running from building

Friday, April 05, 2013  Authorities arrested a white supremacist gang member who is linked to the killing of Colorado's prisons chief Tom Clements.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  A clerical error allowed Ebel, suspected of killing Colorado’s prisons chief, to be released from custody about four years early, officials said Monday, April 1, 2013.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  In slayings of Texas district attorney and wife, suspicion shifts to white supremacist gang

Monday, April 01, 2013  A clerical error allowed the man suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief to be released from custody about four years early.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  No one could change Evan Ebel -- not even the prison reformer he may have killed

Friday, March 22, 2013  Authorities also say they found a Domino's pizza bag and a jacket or shirt in the car's trunk. Denver Police say Ebel is a suspect in Sunday's killing of pizza delivery man Nathan Leon.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A man who could be linked to the slaying of Colorado's state prison chief is likely to die after being shot by Texas authorities after a harrowing car chase.